Local Government: Municipal Demarcation Act, 1998 (Act No. 27 of 1998)Chapter 3 : Administrative and other mattersPart 3 : Miscellaneous matters42. Offences and penalties |
| (1) | A person commits an offence if that person— |
| (a) | wilfully disrupts the proceedings of the Board or a Board committee; |
| (b) | wilfully hinders, obstructs or threatens members of the Board or of a committee, or other persons in the exercise of their powers or the performance of their duties in terms of this Act; |
| (c) | does anything calculated to improperly influence the Board or a committee in its consideration of a matter; |
| (d) | after having been summoned in terms of section 31 (a) fails- |
| (i) | to be present at a meeting of the Board or an investigating committee at the time and place specified in the summons; |
| (ii) | to remain present until excused by the Board or committee; or |
| (iii) | to produce a document specified in the summons; |
| (e) | after having been called in terms of section 31 (b) refuses- |
| (i) | to appear before the Board or the committee; |
| (ii) | to answer any question; or |
| (iii) | to produce a document in that person's custody; or |
| (f) | falsely gives out to be a Board member, a committee member or an employee. |
| (2) | A person convicted of an offence in terms of subsection (1) is liable to a fine or to imprisonment not exceeding one year or to both a fine and imprisonment. |